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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5152518" data-attributes="member: 8835">I'm here in Houston, and just recently left my last employer of 13 years in the tech industry, so I got a lot to say about the job hunt.There's a number of openings for software developers, .NET is really hot for web apps and such for business.  PHP is a bit tamer, but their out there.  Being primarily a software architect/developer, I focused on .NET jobs  I had at least 2 queries per day since I started my hunt in December.  By the end of February, I had an offer.  I got the offer a few days after doing the on-site interview, which was only days after 1st contact.  Things can move fast.  I did not have to cold-call or send resumes out.  I posted mine to Monster and Dice.  They found me.Money-wise, Houston is alright.  Property prices are low, you can get 2,000 sq. ft. for $120-150K new in decent new neighborhoods last time I looked.  That's better than most other states.Property taxes are alright.  You can work and hop your way up to higher salaries.  By spending 13 years at one place, I actually got hosed by about 15K for industry standard.  It'll take some work at the new job (or hopping) to build up to where I should be for my skill set and experience.The oil industry is also hiring, but they have some road-blocks.  They always cite "industry experience" desired, and evidence shows they seem to stick to that.  That means they only feed off their interns, and their competitors.  Which is stupid, because for a software developer, the whole point of the skillset is to learn somebody else's subject and automate it.  thus, no experience is actually required in somebody's field.Now you mentioned IT, and going for an MIS degree.  What exactly do you do now, know how to do, and want to be doing?  it matters, because IT is too broad a subject, and not all aspects are as valuable.</blockquote>

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